Glenury Royal 1976 Connoisseurs Choice - 40% 70cl

Distilled at Glenury Royal Distillery in 1976 by the proprietors John Gillon & Co.

This single malt was then bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in 2000 as part of their Connoisseurs Choice series. 

Glenury Royal was founded by Robert Barclay in 1825, taking its name from the glen that runs through the Ury district. Weeks after opening in Stonehaven, a fire destroyed stocks of barley, along with the kiln and parts of the malting floor. Two weeks after the fire, worker James Clark died in an accident with the boiler. Robert Barclay died in 1854, and the distillery was auctioned to William Richie three years later.

The maltings of Glenury Royal were closed in 1968. The distillery then kept producing malt whisky for almost two more decades, but eventually it was mothballed on May 31, 1985.

In 1992 the owners decided to cease the malt whisky production at Glenury Royal for good. The buildings of the distillery were sold in 1993 to a property company who turned part of these buildings into apartments.

Please note as this is a vintage bottle, conditions of bottle/label and liquid level can vary - Some years can vary as estimations only (example: estimated 1970s/80s).